Where does “товар” come from?

товар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.

товар (Serbo-Croatian): cargo; burden; load

Definitions

  1. cargo; burden; load

Ancestry of “товар”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictovarъloading
2Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarъ →